We
were particularly tickled that the BB tour included really good catering. Talk
about your craft services. . . this food selection at a gig was beyond any that
I’d experienced. I’m sure there was mixed salad plus a Caesar salad; three
kinds of bread; two kinds of pasta, one of them vegetarian; a chicken piccata
and some steak or other red meat; a salmon dish or a stuffed filet of sole
(this was before the Tilapia craze hit the nation). Lots of other, interesting salad type dishes and gorgeous desserts, too -- which I rarely looked at except for an occasional cookie (I always adore a good cookie with coffee).
It was all quite elegant. Even
though, of course, there were stressful moments especially when driving to the
gigs, the guys and I had a great time, being well fed AND paid to perform a
really pro, tight set of music, then be able to watch American musical legends,
the Beach Boys, play songs we all knew and loved. What a ball!
I
do wish I had a photo of me with my fave Beach Boy, Carl. I can see him, in my
mind’s eye. . . . Carl Wilson made a point of finding us our first night on the
tour, in the backstage catering-eating area and greeting us warmly. “Welcome,
we’re glad you could join us on the road for this tour,” he said, shaking
hands.
Such
a sweet, good man -- he is sorely missed in this nasty world. The other guys in
the BB band were really nice to us, too. Bruce Johnston and Bruce Paskow got
along like peas in a pod. But Mike Love -- sadly -- showed us NO love, doing
his best to ignore us any time he passed by. I just didn’t get it: how hard is
it to be nice to strangers even just fleetingly?
I
guess it just wasn’t enough TM, eh Mikey?
(photos
of the catering 1, 2 & 3)
(Below: chef, Bruce, Billy Ficca, and Tom loading up on the BB tour catering)
(Below: Bruce goofing around about how the food affected him. . . one fun guy, all right -- and can the mushrooms!)
No comments:
Post a Comment